Starting And Stopping The Metronome; Practicing With Cd/Sd Playback; Changing The Playback Key; Changing The Playback Speed - Tascam BB-1000CD Owner's Manual

9–For practicing musical instruments

Starting and stopping the metronome

On the metronome screen, press the
the metronome.
NOTE
• The indicator on the front panel lights along with the time of the
metronome.
• When using the metronome, you cannot return to the Home
screen .

Practicing with CD/SD playback

Not only can you use the unit to change the tempo of track
playback, you can even do this without changing the pitch.
You can also change the playback pitch of a track without
changing the tempo.
Furthermore, you can also reduce (cancel) the sound of
a voice or solo instrument on a track. You can use these
playback control functions effectively to practice and learn
parts.

Changing the playback key

You can change the key (pitch) of playback sound without
changing playback speed by using the
knob.
FINE PITCH
Use the knob to adjust the pitch up or down by semi-
KEY
tone (b6 - #6).
Use the knob to adjust the pitch finely by a
FINE PITCH
cent (1/100 of a semitone). The adjustable range is
.
+50

Changing the playback speed

Use the knob to control the playback speed.
SPEED
Since the speed adjustment range is
increments), the slowest speed setting is half the original
speed.

Reducing sound of a certain location (PART CANCEL)

You can select a certain position and reduce the sound
volume from the position. For example, selecting C (center)
on a commercially available audio CD reduces vocal sound
(part cancel function).
NOTE
The eff ect diff ers depending on the characteristic of the sound
source.
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/ key to start/stop
F1 F2
knob and the
KEY
-
–50
to (in 1%
–50% +16%
1.
Press the key to open the
MENU
2.
Press the
CURSOR [ § / ¶
item and press the
CANCEL
3.
Turn the wheel to select an item and adjust it.
DATA
The adjustable items are the two below:
CANCEL (the factory setting is OFF)
Set the item to
CANCEL ON
tion ON.
Depending on the music, the part cancel function may not
reduce the recorded vocal or solo instrument sound suffi-
ciently. If this is the case, changing the
make the reduction more effective. Listen to the music as
you adjust the settings to achieve the best effect.
PART (the factory setting is C)
Adjust this setting to match the stereo position of the sound
that you want to reduce (
L10-C-R10

Practicing a certain phrase repeatedly

You can continuously repeat the playback of a selection that
you make (loop playback).
( page 37 "Loop playback (I–O LOOP)")
∑

Recording the practice with CD/SD

This unit can mix and record its playback track and the
sounds from microphones and the
( page 39 "Overdubbing" on "8-Recording")
∑
screen.
MENU
key to select the
] PART
key.
ENTER
to turn the part cancel func-
setting might
PART
).
jack.
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